Facebook’s timelines, Pages and groups are
the platforms for communicating. Each platform is distinct and different. There
are rules that should be followed to have a happy Facebook life.
Timelines:
This is YOUR personal soapbox. You can
espouse your epistemology on life, your political views and whatever you like.
Because Timelines are personal soapboxes, they need to be respected as such. No
one has any business encroaching and challenging personal views on a Timeline.
When you see a view that opposes your perspective, just click an appropriate
emoji and move on. You can also simply read the post, then just scroll on. When notifications from anyone becomes
excessive and annoying… just UNFOLLOW that person. If worse comes to worse, just “UNFRIEND” that
person. Finally, you can always BLOCK an
offensive person.
Pages:
Facebook Pages are promotional platforms
for your brand. Pages are configured to make it easy for folks to “LIKE” and
stay up to date with whatever is being promoted. Folks can reply to your
posts. However, folks are limited in
posting to a Page. Folks are considered “visitors” and their posts show up in a
separate area off of the main Page. You
have control of your Page. You can remove posts and visitors from your Page.
Groups:
Facebook groups are EXCLUSIVE
platforms. Groups are configured as “open”,
“closed” or “secret”. In all instance
folks have to be APPROVED to be a member.
Group administrators have a lot of control. Groups are topic-based. Most group administrators will not allow
members to go “Off-Topic”. Administrators have varying degrees of tolerant. Some will simply remove the off-topic posts. Some administrators are totally intolerant and will remove the post, delete the member or BAN the offending member. So, read the rules and stay on topic. Do the "do's' and don't do the "don'ts"!
Other relevant stuff…
Messenger:
I believe the word is out about posting
chain letters on folks’ Timeline. So now
these vicious low-life folks have resorted to sending chain letters via
Messenger. They are ashamed and have
resorted to this sneaky stealth-like approach.
Stay out of folks Messenger!!!! The Messenger application is ONLY to send
immediate messages of a private nature.
It is not for sending those damn, vicious chain letters!!! The standard operating procedure is that when
someone sends a chain letter, simply forward it back to the sender, then BLOCK
the sender from your Messenger.
Finally….
If you do not know how to BLOCK, BAN,
UNFRIEND, UNFOLLOW, and REMOVE TAGs, you have no business on Facebook. So GIT!
